Personally I think Christians (practicing their faith in "loving others") are the best kind of citizen one can have. They follow the just laws, they pay taxes and help their fellow men.
Fail. No one I know has his or her SSN as a mark on his or her right hand or forehead. I know that I can buy and sell plenty of things without having to present my SSN.
You apparently failed reading comprehension. Illiteracy is always sad to witness.
First off, describe this persecution of which you speak.
Second, do you advocate Christians persecuting others by trying to have their religion codified into law, having their religion taught in public schools, and their desire to disallow homosexuals to marry even if such a marriage is allowed in the homosexuals' religion?
If you can say you advocate or support any of the second, then you are nothing less than a self-serving hypocrite, like most every christian I have ever met.
Problem: Not all versions of the bible use the work "signify": NIV:
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
NAS:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,
The Message:
A revealing of Jesus, the Messiah. God gave it to make plain to his servants what is about to happen. He published and delivered it by Angel to his servant John. And John told everything he saw: God's Word-- the witness of Jesus Christ!
NCV:
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must soon happen. And Jesus sent his angel to show it to his servant John, who has told everything he has seen.
What makes your version any more correct than these?
Great, another story where the discussion will be flooded with anti-religious posts... doing a big anti-religious circle-jerk as you all congratulate yourselves on how much smarter you are than these people.
His opinion is pretty fucking clear from the post, asshole.
practically foaming at the mouth to condemn people who don't think like they do.
That describes most of the religious people I have ever met.
Why is it people like you think that it is OK for religious people to condemn anyone who does not believe as they do, but to do the reverse is some kind of crime? Why the double standard?
You're afraid? Do you have any supporting evidence that Republicans are the reason? Or, are you just assuming that is the case because that is what you would do? After all, what did the groups opposed to the Tea Party Movement, generally so-called liberals and progressives, say they were going to do? Oh, yes, infiltrate the Tea Party Movement and perform acts to make it look like it is full of extremists, racists, and crazies.
No, he is absolutely correct. There is no such thing as "wisdom of crowds".
The idea is that the crowd, as a whole, is smarter than the smartest individual within it.
That idea is false. A person, an individual, is smart. A crowd is stupid. A crowd is subject to peer pressure and mob mentality. A person in a crowd will do things he would never do alone, such as flipping cars and lynching people.
You mention, indirectly, one of the major problems with crowds: defection. Your example is link farms that skew the "wisdom" of Google's "crowd". The same thing can happen in any crowd.
A crowd is not smarter than the smartest individual because intelligence is not cumulative. Instead, a crowd is only as smart as its most charismatic and/or manipulative member. This is often explored in literature, television, and film.
They waited until it was becoming apparent to various observers that the polls were crap before they did anything because the polls supported the Daily Kos' own biased opinions.
If we apply the same standard to the Daily Kos as the Daily Kos and a good portion of the slashdot audience apply to Republic politicians and conservative media, then the Daily Kos and its staff are collectively liars.
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What do you think the V in KJV stands for, dumbass? It stands for version, you know King James Version.
There are many different versions of the bible, hence the many different version of Revelations 1:1.
I didn't butcher anything. I simply copied the different versions of that verse from a bible reference site.
I am sure Tempest Smith, John Britton, James Barret, Robert Sanderson, and George Tiller, among others, are glad to hear that. It is nice to know that death cultists^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H christians are such good neighbors.
You forgot Tempest Smith
Fail.
No one I know has his or her SSN as a mark on his or her right hand or forehead. I know that I can buy and sell plenty of things without having to present my SSN.
You apparently failed reading comprehension. Illiteracy is always sad to witness.
Don't be an asshole and I won't call you an asshole.
His post described his opinion. You can whine all you want, but the truth is out there for all to see.
First off, describe this persecution of which you speak.
Second, do you advocate Christians persecuting others by trying to have their religion codified into law, having their religion taught in public schools, and their desire to disallow homosexuals to marry even if such a marriage is allowed in the homosexuals' religion?
If you can say you advocate or support any of the second, then you are nothing less than a self-serving hypocrite, like most every christian I have ever met.
Problem: Not all versions of the bible use the work "signify":
NIV:
NAS:
The Message:
NCV:
What makes your version any more correct than these?
What part of "Please explain in detail exactly why that is a bad idea, including references." did you not understand?
Did you read his post?
His opinion is pretty fucking clear from the post, asshole.
Because those people are idiots who only use the parts of the bible that support their idiocy and ignore the parts that don't.
They only fear punishment by imaginary beings.
That describes most of the religious people I have ever met.
Why is it people like you think that it is OK for religious people to condemn anyone who does not believe as they do, but to do the reverse is some kind of crime? Why the double standard?
Please explain in detail exactly why that is a bad idea, including references.
They didn't renew their SSL certificate. That is disrepair.
The civilians controlling the military are in the federal government and already have access to all this information.
Now, do you see how stupid you really are?
I did understand your claims. You have offered no evidence in support of your claims. Rather, all you have done is make more unsupported statements.
You lose twice over, once for failing to support your statements and once more for failing to understand the nature of and need for support.
I see you can't support your own claims. Thanks for playing, you lose.
You're afraid? Do you have any supporting evidence that Republicans are the reason? Or, are you just assuming that is the case because that is what you would do? After all, what did the groups opposed to the Tea Party Movement, generally so-called liberals and progressives, say they were going to do? Oh, yes, infiltrate the Tea Party Movement and perform acts to make it look like it is full of extremists, racists, and crazies.
No, he is absolutely correct. There is no such thing as "wisdom of crowds".
That idea is false. A person, an individual, is smart. A crowd is stupid. A crowd is subject to peer pressure and mob mentality. A person in a crowd will do things he would never do alone, such as flipping cars and lynching people.
You mention, indirectly, one of the major problems with crowds: defection. Your example is link farms that skew the "wisdom" of Google's "crowd". The same thing can happen in any crowd.
A crowd is not smarter than the smartest individual because intelligence is not cumulative. Instead, a crowd is only as smart as its most charismatic and/or manipulative member. This is often explored in literature, television, and film.
Seeing how often they post the polls, I would say over six months doesn't qualify as instantly.
A) I didn't say hive mind dipshit
B) Apparently you can't count because it is 3 troll mods.
Now shut the fuck up.
They waited until it was becoming apparent to various observers that the polls were crap before they did anything because the polls supported the Daily Kos' own biased opinions.
If we apply the same standard to the Daily Kos as the Daily Kos and a good portion of the slashdot audience apply to Republic politicians and conservative media, then the Daily Kos and its staff are collectively liars.
Your source is biased:
There, fixed that for you, and you didn't answer my questions.